Just Submitted Earth Science Files

Below are a listing of files that have been recently submitted. They are in order of newest to oldest.
There are 476 files.

Analyzing Star Trails
Date Submitted: 2005-09-01
Students examine and analyze a star trail photo taken by an earth science student in New York State. A single period activity that can be used to include discussion of: Location of Polaris; Apparent motion of stars; Rate of earth's rotation.

River Delta Comparison
Date Submitted: 2005-09-01
I have attached some river views that you might like. Compare the Mississippi delta with the atchafalaya delta. The former is shrinking, and the latter is growing.

Ramapo Fault
Date Submitted: 2005-09-01
The Ramapo Fault forms the boundary between the Triassic Lowlands and the Hudson Highlands of SE NY and shows up clearly in the distance in the image.

Ramapo Fault
Date Submitted: 2005-09-01
The Ramapo Fault forms the boundary between the Triassic Lowlands and the Hudson Highlands of SE NY and shows up clearly in the distance in the image.

Pacific Rim Tour
Date Submitted: 2005-09-01
I introduced my students to a set of pictures demonstrating volcanic and earthquake activity around the Pacific. Then I sent them on a flying tour of ~24 stops, starting somewhere above the southern tip of S. America, all the way north to the Aleutians.

Lab Using Google Earth
Date Submitted: 2005-09-01
Attached is a lab and a Google earth file. They teach the different types of landscapes and stream drainage patterns. The Google file needs to be loaded onto the computers in order to do the activity.

Google Earth Lab
Date Submitted: 2005-09-01
Attached is a lab and a Google earth file. They teach the different types of landscapes and stream drainage patterns. The Google file needs to be loaded onto the computers in order to do the activity.

Creating Google Earth Tours
Date Submitted: 2005-09-01
The following .pdf document describes, roughly, the procedure used to create the GE tours (.kmz files) that are being shared in this forum.

Google Earth Project
Date Submitted: 2005-09-01
This is a project that I threw together during our winter Regents week. It's a project that has the kids create a Google Earth tour of a specific type of landform or of an area of geologic interest.